Library Acquisitions

Following are a few recent additions to the SCC Library. These and the entire library collection are available to SCC members. Check the library’s extensive (and growing) catalog by clicking on Library Resources. For further information and to borrow materials email [email protected].

Finland’s Leading Finnish Philatelists and Prominent Finnish Collectors from Abroad. A history of Finnish philately, including brief biographies of leading collectors of Finnish stamps and postal history. Postal Routes and Censorship to and from North America 1940­45. An anthology of 61 Norwegian­ and English­text articles in four sections: post roads, cover addresses, Little Norway, and various.

List of 1458 Swedish Covers to Foreign Countries Before July 1, 1885. Nineteen chapters arranged by destination countries with listings of known pre­ stamp Swedish outward covers before July, 1855. Classic Finland 1845­1859, the Hand­Printed Oval Design. Sixty­four exhibit pages by Gustaf Douglas illustrating Finland’s classic issues with the oval design from the first postal stationery envelopes to the first adhesive postage stamps. Finland Postal Stationery with 1875 Stamp Design. Gold­winning exhibit by Kauko Aro showing Finnish postal stationery with the 1875 stamp design (through 1898). Norway, the Aerogram Issues, 1948­1988. A one­frame exhibit by John Crowsley on the Norwegian aerogram issues.

Iceland Postal Rates, 1870­2009, Second Edition. A new edition updating this subject. Previous editions also are available at the SCC Library. Exhibits and Collections. Copies of several exhibits and collections have been added to the library, including Faroes Islands Postal History, 1751­1948; Icelandic Postmarks, 1873­1930; Swedish Postal History & Postage Due Mail; Iceland Numeral Cancels; and Schleswig­Holstein Military Fieldpost. Postal Service in Finland, 1914­1918, Parts 1 and 2. Illustrated catalog listings of censor cachets and manuscript markings on this wartime mail. The Swedish Postal System in the Seventeenth Century. A CD anthology of six articles concerning Sweden Post’s historical role in the context of European society at large. Greenland’s Address Cards. Illustrated catalog of distinct types of address cards used in Greenland and Greenland’s post offices in Denmark. Norwegian Field Post – In the Broad Sense. Postmarks from Norwegian field posts, including indices of field posts in numerical and alphabetical order.

Brevportot i Sverige 1747­1785 (Letter Rates in Sweden 1747­1785). Previous books have examined Swedish letter rates before 1785. This book presents letter rates between 1747­1785, a challenging task since there were no postage notations on letters at that time.

A History of Scandinavian Pre­Postage Stamp Foreign Mail Before 1868 (a compilation). A compilation of four CDs that presents thousands of covers and centuries of pre­postage and stampless mail to and from Scandinavia. Faroe Islands Postal History, 1751­1948. An advanced and highly developed Faroe Islands postal history exhibit published in book form and including almost all the important Faroese rarities. Sweden as Forwarding, Address or Transit Destination of Mail. Stunning presentation of Swedish mail from the premier collection of Gustaf Douglas. A Review of the Life of Norway One from 3.1. 1855 to 17.8. 1857. This exhibit by Warren Grosjean is linked to several other exhibits at the SCC Library linked to Norway’s first postage stamp. Frans Richard Julius Granberg. A PowerPoint presentation about an ambitious collector of Finnish postal stationery from 1885­1929 who eventually was accused of fraud. Agathon Fabergé: Portrait of a Philatelist. A recounting of one of history’s greatest philatelic collectors and scholars. Slesvig­Holstein. Recently donated volumes include a handbook of the field post and the military in Slesvig­Holstein and the postal service between Slesvig­Holstein and the German­Austrian areas.

Malmö Private Local Post. Handbook and catalog for the stamps and postal history relating to Malmö’s private local post. Finnish Philately. Recent additions are books on railway transportation in Finland, postmarks used in territories ceded to the USSR, and postal markings on Finnish insured and registered mail. Exhibits. Copies of exhibits include: Stamp Issuing Steamship Companies, Finland’s 1891 Ring Stamps and Postal Stationery, Letter Mail between Finland and the Americas, 1939­1946; and Russia’s Ethnic Finns and the Quest for Reunion, 1919­1922.